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MOSCOW, Jun. 12 (Press Shia) –The Russian Defense Ministry has revealed that terrorist organizations have brought canisters containing chlorine to the town of Jafra field in Deir Ezzor province to stage another chemical attack and accuse the Syrian army of it.The Ministry’s spokesman Major General Igor Konashnikov cited in a press statement ‘confirmed information’ to the effect that...

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (Press Shia) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the unilateral military action against Syria as a measure postponing the attainment of peace in the war-torn country.“The foreign interventions in Syria have postponed the achievement of peace in Syria,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Wednesday in Brussels. He made the remarks...

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (Press Shia Agency) – Alireza Jahangiri, the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran condemned the abuse of international regulations against the use of chemical weapons by some westerners.Alireza Jahangiri, the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran addressed the 59th Meeting of the Executive Council the Organization for the Prohibition of...

TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (Press Shia) – Bahram Ghasemi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, referred to the statement issued by the Chairperson of African Union Commission on Syria on Monday, and hailed the approached undertaken by the African body.“We welcome the statement issued by the African Union on developments in Syria in which the chemical attack was condemned and at the same time a...

TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (Press Shia) – The US surgical attacks—coordinated with France and Britain—against chemical facilities in Syria on Saturday April 13, 2018, in response to the alleged chemical weapons attacks in rebel-held Douma, fell far-short of achieving a broader goal based on a coherent strategy to deal with the Syrian civil war.Nor were these strikes intended to provoke a military...

TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (Press Shia Agency) – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that the attack on Syria was “neither in self-defense nor authorized by the United Nations Security Council, it did not have a basis in international law.Pillar added, “It does not change the balance of power within Syria at all.” Following is the text of the...

TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (Press Shia Agency) –Syrian sources relayed that investigators of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) entered the Syrian town of Douma, on Tuesday afternoon, to conduct probe on what terrorist claim to be a chemical attack by government.According to Syrian sources, investigators of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have...

TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (Press Shia) – Iran’s Permanent Representative to OPCW Alireza Jahangiri, while slamming the US-led strikes on Syria, said Mon. that the OPCW is at stake and some delegations take hostage of this technical forum for their political intents.Delivering Iran’s statement at the 58th meeting of the OPCW Executive Council, Permanent Representative to OPCW Alireza Jahangiri...